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I want to backup my SD cards (used in my mirrorless camera) directly to dropbox. I have managed to get dropbox to recognize one of them as an external drive and back it up, but it will not recognize the other one no matter what I do. I have tried using the internal SD card reader and an external reader. So far only the…
I have a Dropbox Basic account with 2 GB of storage. Dropbox currently reports that I am using approximately 2.4 GB. The storage breakdown shows approximately 454 MB of Regular files and 1.9 GB of Backup. I previously had Dropbox Backup configured for an SSD/external drive. I deleted those backup jobs through Manage…
I've been trying to follow the directions here for restoring part of a computer backup: https://help.dropbox.com/organize/restore-dropbox-backup-files But I can't see any options other than download. And then I get a warning about zip files because the files are too large I guess (total is 62GB). What should I do? I'd…
if I make a backup using the drop box app and subsequently alter or delete some of the files (still on my computer) , do they get altered in the backup? or as a backup a snapshop of the files at the time, and I will need a new backup regularly What is the relationship with files in my dropbox folder which are it seems…
This morning my Macbook Pro told gave me a quick message about Dropbox backups and some files not be available for backup. Since I haven't used Dropbox backup, I didn't worry about it. But when I clicked the message to make it go away, my desktop is gone! I found the "old backup" file and I'm trying to restore that, but in…
As the title suggests my Dropbox account has a lot of backup files However, I cannot seem to download it all. When I try to download it from the website: The website https://help.dropbox.com/organize/restore-dropbox-backup-files suggested to download the application on a system and then I will be prompted to restore a…
I have deleted all of my storage in dropbox and it is still full. I discovered that there was a backup of one of my drives. I stopped that and deleted the backup, but the backup is still there taking up all my storage.
At some point I turned on backup, and now find my account over the 3T budget. So effectively DB has stopped working. The problem is that I have no memory of what computer is backed up. I've disconnected all but two. There seems no convenient way from the web app to turn this off or delete the backup. Neither of the…
I have an external hard drive, which contains priceless business files and three book manuscripts. I can't tell from looking at my account whether or not it is being backed up! How can I check to be sure my external hard drive is backed up to Dropbox? sgfeltman
TLDR: I don't want Dropbox to sync any of my Macbook files. I just want my original Dropbox folders that I set up years and years ago. Hi there, please be patient with me - I'm a self-professed millenial idiot who barely knows her way around computers, let alone Dropbox. I've been using Dropbox for ages but just basic…
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